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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Obama is Still the Man We Thought He Was

Here is a great op-ed by Gail Collins in the New York Times. Her main thesis is something I've been saying over and over: If Obama is going to be the "unifier" we all want him to be, that means he's going to take positions we don't always agree with.

I know, I know. You’re upset. You think the guy you fell in love with last spring is spending the summer flip-flopping his way to the right. Drifting to the center. Going all moderate on you. So you’re withholding the love. Also possibly the money.

I feel your pain. I just don’t know what candidate you’re talking about.

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You liked Barack because you thought he could get us past the old brain-dead politics, right? He talked — and talked and talked — about how there were going to be no more red states and blue states, how he was going to bring Americans together, including Republicans and Democrats.

Exactly where did everybody think this gathering was going to take place? Left field?

Read More: The Audacity of Listening

Posted by Metavirus at 7/10/2008 10:48:00 AM  

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